Health crisis in Haiti: Cholera kills 194, sickens thousands
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010 | Post a comment
President Préval wonders about the epidemic’s impact on upcoming elections
Drug-resistant ‘superbugs’ hit 20 states, spread worldwide
Friday, September 17th, 2010 | Post a comment
Medical technician Carla Woodmansee tests nose swabs of new patients for MRSA at UTMB, the University of Texas Medical Center in Nov. 2007. Bacteria that are able to survive every modern antibiotic are cropping up in many U.S. hospitals and are spreading outside the USA, public health officials say.
Bacteria that are able to survive every modern antibiotic are cropping up in many U.S. hospitals and are spreading outside the USA, public health officials say.
Posted by John under: Pestilence
Scientists find new superbug spreading from India
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 | Post a comment
A new superbug could spread around the world after reaching Britain from India — in part because of medical tourism — and scientists say there are almost no drugs to treat it.
Posted by John under: Pestilence
Une épidémie de peste dans l’armée syrienne
Monday, July 5th, 2010 | 3 comments
According to the Syrian opposition in exile, the Syrian president, who
is visiting Latin America, has ordered the shutdown of all Syrian
military exercises due to a plague that currently affects a large
number of military, especially conscripts doing their training.
Drinking water and food in the bases and the current heat wave are the cause of the epidemic.
Posted by John under: Pestilence
Phoenix-area hospitals fight highly toxic ‘supergerm’
Sunday, May 30th, 2010 | Post a comment
Maricopa County health officials have confirmed that a relatively new, extremely toxic strain of bacteria has been found in hospitals and other health-care facilities in the Valley.
Posted by John under: Pestilence
U.S. is unprepared for major bioterrorism attack, commission finds
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 | Post a comment
More than eight years after the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks, the United States is still unprepared to respond to the threat of large-scale bioterrorism, a congressionally appointed commission said Tuesday in a report that gave the government mixed grades overall for how it has protected Americans from weapons of mass destruction.
Posted by John under: Perplexity,Pestilence
Massive biological attack drill begins
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 | Post a comment
A simulation of a multi-agency chemical and biological attack in Ireland. [illustrative]
Photo: AP
Days after an acid attack in downtown Hong Kong, and in preparation for a non-conventional attack on Israel, the National Emergency Authority (NEA) will hold the largest-ever exercise to train security forces how to respond to a citywide biological attack.
Posted by John under: Pestilence,Wars and Rumors of Wars
May take a year to conquer H1N1 flu pandemic
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 | 2 comments
WHO chief Chan says will take 6-12 months to conquer H1N1